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Salesforce Ben’s Top Posts Of 2017

We’re at the end of another crazy whirlwind year within the Salesforce ecosystem, where there is never a dull moment. For me, 2017 has truly been the year of the Lightning Experience, learning opportunities, and additional Salesforce clouds.

The Lightning Experience is no longer just a great idea, the changes brought forward by Salesforce means that there is never a better time to start reaping the rewards of this new interface. This year we have also seen a merger between Salesforce University and Trailhead, giving us a glimpse of the learning paths to come. In fact, the new Platform Developer II certification involves the completion of 4 super badges in tandem with multi-choice exams! See all the new exciting updates here.

Finally, I have also seen a fantastic adoption rate of Salesforce’s other clouds and products. A couple of years ago it was a challenge to convince potential customers of the powers of clouds, now we are seeing implementations of Pardot, CPQ and Marketing Cloud becoming the norm alongside Sales or Service Cloud.

2018 is truly an exciting year to look forward to, but there is no harm on reflecting on what a great year 2017 has been, jam-packed full of content. Let’s have a look at the most read articles on Salesforce Ben this year…

With the rise of Salesforce’s other clouds, it’s important that Salesforce Admins understand how these other products plug into Salesforce and the benefit that they can bring to their business. This post does exactly that!

With the release of Salesforce DX earlier this year, it’s important for Admins and other users of Salesforce (Including developers!), to understand how these upcoming changes effect Salesforce development.

A common dilemma for budding admins when trying to build out a solution is quite often the use of page layouts and records types. Ensure you use best practices once and for all by running through a few scenarios and their answers.

With a career in Salesforce Administration being voted one of the best jobs to have in the USA as voted by Indeed, it’s important Admins understand what could be asked of them in an interview. Mark Sampford who is a specialist Salesforce recruiter gives us his top tips…

Echoing the last post, the Salesforce Admin position is rapidly becoming one of most in-demand jobs in tech. Learn about what you can expect to earn across the world, Maria takes us through some summary points from the worlds largest Salesforce salary survey.

Finally, at #1 we have the Ultimate Chrome Extensions list. There is really no surprise here, with the number of helpful extensions that extend the functionality of the Salesforce platform, you need to check out this post which covers nearly every single one!